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Two humpback whales break records in ‘a very rare event’
Scientists have spotted two humpback whales that made separate, record-breaking crossings between Australia and Brazil. The whales were identified by their distinctive tail markings at the two locations about 9,000 miles (14,500 kilometers) apart. They traveled in opposite directions and journeyed farther than any humpback known so far. A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Australia. Pacific Whale Foundation…
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Bethenny Frankel reveals astronomical amount she makes a year in brand deals: ‘I don’t feel guilty about it’
Brand deals are her playground. Bethenny Frankel revealed she has raked in over 20 million dollars per year thanks to her lucrative influencer contracts. “It’s tens of millions of dollars,” the “Real Housewives of New York City” alum, 55, revealed on Tuesday’s episode of Emma Grede’s “Aspire” podcast. “[This is] not including my other businesses, my real estate, my…
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Worker Dies at Starbase as SpaceX Rushes Toward Starship Launch
A worker died in an accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas on Friday. According to The Wall Street Journal, the deceased, whose identity hasn’t been released by local authorities, worked as a contractor for a company that was helping build out the Starbase facility, SpaceX’s main testing ground where it develops its Starship megarocket.…
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Residents of Lithuania’s capital told to shelter as drone alarm underlines NATO’s eastern jitters
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Residents of Lithuania’s capital were told to take shelter and the country’s president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on NATO’s eastern flank over incursions related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. An emergency announcement from the military…
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Jim Jordan gets earful from civil rights attorney at hearing: ‘The donors have spoken’
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) came armed with gotcha questions at Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Southern Poverty Law Center — and walked away empty-handed after civil rights attorney Maya Wiley repeatedly deflected his attacks by pointing to one inconvenient fact: the donors don’t care. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche used the phrase “Manufacturing…
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Apple’s Eddy Cue Named Cannes Lions 2026 Entertainment Person of the Year
Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services and health, is Cannes Lions 2026 Entertainment Person of the Year. Cue will be honored for his work across Apple’s entertainment ecosystem and deliver a keynote seminar on June 22, the first day of the festival. Cue has been instrumental in building Apple’s suite of entertainment products.…
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Ukraine ally Britain eases new sanctions on Russian oil as fuel prices surge over Iran war
LONDON — The U.K. government has delayed some new sanctions on Russian oil in an effort to shelter Britons from the cost-of-living squeeze triggered by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the Iran war. A trade license that came into effect Wednesday permits the import of Russian oil that has been refined into jet…
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DOJ’s incompetent probe effort ridiculed as agency sends files to wrong office
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon has become the latest symbol of the Trump administration’s chaotic approach to election investigations after sending a records demand to the wrong officein her attempt to investigate Detroit’s 2024 election results. According to Talking Points Memo, the controversial Dhillon demanded that Wayne County’s clerk provide…
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Illness Is Not a Personal Failure
—Nadezhda Buravleva—Getty Images Earlier this year, my sister and I went to San Francisco’s marvelous art museum, the Palace of the Legion of Honor. We had a great time, but my sister lives with a chronic autoimmune disorder and can only stand and walk for so long. So after about an hour, we headed for…
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U.S. sanctions hit alleged Sinaloa cartel fentanyl network, including a Chihuahua restaurant
WASHINGTON — The U.S. imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than a dozen people, a Mexican restaurant and a security firm linked to Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and its fentanyl trafficking activities. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, a fugitive known as Chuy Gonzalez, who is alleged to be involved in trafficking narcotics into…